Murder trial to proceed as scheduled

Judge rules againstnew delay in Moore case

11:36 PM,
Apr. 10, 2013

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| By Dave Malaska

After several delays, the murder trial of Michael Moore will go ahead as scheduled, a judge ruled Wednesday.

Moore's attorneys were seeking yet another delay to the trial, slated to begin Aug. 12, after the team's mitigation specialist resigned April 3. The defense filed a motion last week to delay the case until early 2014, saying there was not enough time to get another investigator up to speed by the August trial date.

Moore, 42, is facing the death penalty if convicted of two counts of murder of his parents, Warren and Madge Moore, who were shot in their Union home in June 2009. ...